In the aftermath of violence: A chance for political change

Over the past six months Lanka has been buffeted by the winds of political-economic turmoil and…

#Gogotagama and family rule: The price of our servile silence

Protesters shout slogans during an ongoing anti-government demonstration near the president’s office in Colombo, demanding President…

People demand a genuine system change

It is seven days into the culturally and astrologically significant National New Year, celebrated mainly by…

Lawyers, docs lead call for resignation of both Prez and PM

… recommend Cabinet of 18, abolition of 20-A A civil society group comprising professionals representing various…

Aragalaya Versus Gotacracy By Ameer Ali

“Politics has become too serious a matter to be left to politicians” ~ (T. S. Elliot)…

Peaceful uprising seems to be ending racist politics

Sri Lankan politics is unlikely to be same again

By Latheef Farook Peaceful   uprising sweeping Sri Lanka is a timely blessing as it brought…

Downfall Of Sri Lanka Started In 1948; Accelerated In 1978; Completed In 2022 By Asoka Seneviratne

In 1948, soon after Brits lost India, the crown jewel of its empire, they gave us…

Power Players Go Home

“Gota Go Home” – goes far beyond a simple call to go home. It is a…

Time for Revolution of Thought Protesting for hope and change

In the recent past, public- led protests have sprung up all over Sri Lanka as people…

‘Gota go home’: desperate Sri Lankans call for President Rajapaksa to quit

Sri Lankans shout slogans during a protest against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in front of the presidential secretariat…

The Mirihana Catalyst – Apocalypse for the first family

By Anura Gunasekera As this is being written hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in defiance…

GR Presidency A Colossal Liability By Ameer Ali

Nationwide public demonstrations continue. The strategic long holiday declaration for New Year celebrations with the intention…

Rajapaksas divided the nation to rule; it came together to demand their removal

If you are depressed, like many millions of Sri Lankans are, by the perilous state of…

A new nation is emerging

We shall not give up this struggle for a new country and a clean system. Let…

High time for president and Govt. to step down!

Experts say policies introduced by Mr Rajapaksa after he was elected in 2019 – steep tax…

Can people’s opposition unseat president ?

Students of Khemadasa Foundation Chants of slogans demanding the incumbent President and his family relations to…

The mass uprising: What could be the outcome?

The protest movements initiated and run by the citizens, independent of the involvement of political parties…

People’s power comes of age

Scepter and Crown must tumble down, and in the dust be equal made, with the poor…